David Joseph Sheehan v. Howard Beyer, Superintendent Wilbur Smith, Captain Boyd, Sergeant Pat La Flore, Social Worker

OPINION OF THE COURT

HUTCHINSON, Circuit Judge.

Pro se appellant, David Joseph Sheehan (“Sheehan”), appeals an order of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey granting appellees summary judgment on his section 1983 action. Sheehan, who is presently confined at New Jersey State Prison at Trenton, is serving a life sentence with a thirty-five year mandatory minimum for armed robbery and weapon offenses. Appellees, Howard L. Beyer, Wilford Smith, Bradley Boyd and Patricia La-Flore (collectively “prison officials”) are state prison officers or personnel. 1 Sheehan appealed…